For visit Aosta you can safely park west of Porta Praetoria, here it is easy to turn around without a precise destination, browsing the windows of the many shops (many of local crafts). Among the many things to buy, for example, try to buy small food souvenirs by spending only € 4 each, such as mini bowls of pears / chocolate and chestnut jam, supported by "tegole" (Aosta Valley biscuits), so that you can spread them on top: real delight for the palate. Among other things, they can also buy online, to prolong that pleasure.
In the Chanoux square you can find the nineteenth-century Town Hall: la Cathedral it has double bell towers and the façade has XNUMXth century frescoes; the church of Sant'Orso, rebuilt on a pre-existing one in the year XNUMX, was a real surprise in Romanesque-Gothic art. The Roman bridge, the Arch of Augustus and Piazza Chanoux concluded the mini-tour in the Aosta Valley.
After mid-afternoon in Aosta, still by car, taking the SS26 you can visit the Fénis Castle: when you think of a castle, you imagine it just like this.
It has a pentagonal plan, with erected circular turrets in the corners: inside you can find various frescoes, including those of San Giorgio killing the dragon, San Cristoforo and the Annunciation.
Il ticket costs € 5 and, from April to September, the entrance time is 9 / 18.30.
When it's time for dinner at the restaurant “Il Giunco” in Brissogne, located inside the Golf Les Iles, you can enjoy an excellent pizza. Apart from the somewhat disorganized service, the pizza is excellent: with pasta cooked to the right point in a wood oven and high quality ingredients. With a drink and a dessert, total cost € 14.
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